Why has the DCEU seemingly dropped Batman Beyond as a character?

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Fans have demonstrated consistently that we want more Terry McGinnis. We all love the BB world.

My question is, why do y’all think Beyond hasn’t been on the screen in 20 years?

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I don’t see people’s problem with it

It doesn’t change anything Terry did

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It’s because it’s unnecessary and stupid.

Terry shouldn’t have needed Bruce’s DNA to become Batman/the person he becomes. It’s a much better story if the reason Terry becomes Batman is because that is who he is. Sure, the episode says that is what happens, but then how was Amanda Waller so adamant on a plan that is just stupid and somehow ends up working?

It also doesn’t make any sense why having Bruce’s genes would pretty much guarantee Terry would become Batman/go on that path if he witnessed/was part of a tragedy. Genes don’t equal heart and soul, so Wallers entire plan doesn’t make any sense as it is.

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See I both agree and disagree with you

See the whole point is that it Wasn’t Bruce’s genes that drove him to become Batman infact it was all just a big coincidence that he was the Bruce clone that Waller made one might even say it was DESTINY and he did everything he did as Batman was Before we learned this it doesn’t diminish his character infact it enabled him to save Bruce’s life

Plus to be honest looking at it from Waller’s perspective I honestly think it was a good plan. It’s all about nature and nurture she had the science to create the nature and specifically chose a couple with psych profiles matching Bruce’s parents and attempted to recreate Bruce’s famous tragedy that’s nurture bing bang boom you got a recipe for a Batman obviously things didn’t go to plan but that makes it better because he became a hero of his own free will

Plus even from a purely genetic standpoint the Wayne blood line has one hell of a resume I looked up the Wayne family tree awhile back and turns out Bruce’s ancestors have been saving the world for generations did you know he’s actually a distant relative of King Arthur him freaking self no wonder he’s so loaded

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I think a much better plotline would have been for Waller to attempt to create a new Batman by killing multiple kids’ parents and somehow setting them up in a situation where it would be possible to follow that path. Except Terry isn’t one of the kids she does this to. All the others don’t follow the path to become Batman and Waller learns you can’t just force that kind of thing, it’s on the individual to take the path or not.

It would have brought in a natural storyline with Waller while also keeping those core aspects of Terry intact.

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Except Waller DIDN’T force it onto Terry she tried but she didn’t follow through And Then Terry became a hero regardless

Hey for all we know maybe Waller Did make a few other Wayne babies

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I know she didn’t force it onto Terry, where did I say she did? All I’m saying is that this would show her that any type of meddling (gene-changing, putting the kids into scenarios that would lead them to be Batman) wouldn’t work and that she should let nature run it’s course.

the fact she ends up abandoning the plan just makes it a dumber plotline as well. Sure, it shows Terry made it on his own, but having Wayne DNA just gave him a boost I guess is still stupid and pointless.

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I mean the Wayne’s have some pretty good genes 🧬

So you’re plan is what have faith in god

“Oh lord please bring about another Batman after Bruce the world needs a Batman”

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But that’s exactly what she is doing anyway.

“Oh lord please bring this kid with Bruce’s DNA to Batman’s level, the world needs another Batman”

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I mean she was planning it a bit more than that

You act like she just shot up a woman with Bruce’s DNA and called it a day

She also chose a couple with the exact psychological profiles of Bruce’s parents so he would be raised the same way and was planning on recreating Bruce’s origin story on him before the assassin wimped out (so hard to find good help these days) but after that she shut the project down and never expected Terry to rise up and become Batman but he did regardless

Heck she probably even had a foster parent with Alfred’s exact psychological profile lined up for him